The first word of verse (51:53) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The form VI perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is wāw ṣād yā (و ص ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (51) sūrat l-dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter) (51:53:1) atawāṣaw Have they transmitted it to them?
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 3rd person masculine plural (form VI) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (51:53)

The analysis above refers to the 53rd verse of chapter 51 (sūrat l-dhāriyāt):

Sahih International: Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw ṣād yā

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